Public Health Entomology: Field Methods & Innovation

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This course provides a broad introduction to insects and other arthropods that transmit infectious pathogens, or cause problems to humans through infestation or other contact. The impact of arthropods on the history of human civilization and development will be explored, as will their use as food and in art. Arthropod utilization in forensic science and for medicinal purposes will be discussed. Throughout the course the myriad adaptions utilized by arthropods, allowing them to become the most specious group of animals in existence, will be highlighted.